Love’s New Bloom By Simone Hastings - Season 2 Episode 26

Erin followed Megan’s gaze to the phone in her hand. There was a hint of helplessness in her eyes. If she’d known such a misunderstanding would arise, she would have firmly refused to take Simon’s personal phone.

Upon hearing Megan refer to Simon as her boyfriend, Erin surmised that Simon wouldn’t have broken up with her so soon.

Erin remained calm and composed as she said steadily, “I’m sorry, Miss Zeigler. I don’t know who your boyfriend is. The phone in my hand is temporarily borrowed from my friend because I lost mine.”

Megan was taken aback. She then realized that the matter between Simon and her being in a relationship hadn’t been made public on the set, so it was understandable that Erin was unaware.

With a cold expression, she asked, “Is your friend named Simon Frost?”

Pretending to be surprised, Erin replied, “Yes, how did you know?”

Roman had told her about the secret relationship between Megan and Simon, but she pretended not to know.

“Simon is my boyfriend!” Megan glanced at Erin’s phone surreptitiously several times, quietly suppressing herself from blowing up.

She couldn’t understand why Simon would entrust something as important as his personal phone to Erin. Even if they were friends, this went far beyond the boundaries of a normal friendship!

Megan felt extremely resentful at this moment. She didn’t expect that Simon would come to the set and not look for her. Instead, he went to find Erin, a mere assistant!

Megan’s jealousy reached its peak as she looked at Erin’s exquisite and alluring face. It was the first time she felt jealous. However, she’d been in the entertainment industry for a full ten years, from the time when she debuted at the age of seventeen to the present. She’d seen all kinds of ups and downs. She wouldn’t lose control of her emotions just because Simon lent his phone to a friend.

Megan suppressed the flames that were about to burst forth from her eyes and suddenly laughed. “Simon is such a good person to his friends. Since he lent the phone to you, you can use it for now. But Miss Lane, I hope you can buy a new phone as soon as possible. What if Simon wants to contact me but can’t reach me? That would be a hassle, wouldn’t it, Miss Lane?”

Erin smiled and replied, “You’re right. I’ll go buy myself a new phone tomorrow.”

“That would be great! You’re very considerate, Miss Lane. By the way, when did you see Simon? I guess he didn’t come to find me because he didn’t want to disrupt my filming.”

Megan gave herself an excuse, and Erin didn’t intend to expose her. She answered. “We saw each other half an hour ago, but I don’t know

where he’s gone now.”

At that moment, Megan’s assistant, Liliana, pushed open the door with an excited expression and said, “Megan, I received news that Mr. Frost sent people to your hotel room three hours ago, and they brought a room full of roses! It looks like a marriage proposal!”

Upon hearing this, Megan exclaimed, ‘Are you sure you got the right information?”

Liliana nodded vigorously. “It’s true! I just called True Love Jewelry In Seaside City five minutes ago. The store manager said that just two days ago, Mr. Frost bought the diamond ring you had set your eyes on!”

“Oh my God! I can’t breathe

*Megan was dressed in a magnificent costume that outshone everyone else’s. It consisted of several layers inside and outside. Her slim waist was tightly bound by an exquisite and thick silk belt. She covered her chest with one hand, feeling the weight of the golden headdress on her head.

Erin, playing along with the flow, asked, “Miss Zeigler, are you okay?”

Liliana had already walked over to Megan’s side and helped her sit on the sofa.

Perhaps Megan was too overjoyed. Even her gaze hostile gaze toward Erin earlier had become much gentler, She chuckled and said, “I’m fine. I’m just a little overwhelmed by the sudden news of a marriage proposal.”

Megan couldn’t conceal the triumphant and proud look in her eyes. Just thinking that the marriage proposal she had been longing for would take place tonight made her want to scream her head off with excitement.

On the other hand, Erin, who knew the truth, suddenly felt a twinge of guilt toward Megan, who was all happy and expectant. Even though

Megan had undoubtedly betrayed Simon, her desire to get engaged to him was genuine.

However, it wasn’t the kind of anticipation that came from pure love. Megan’s excitement came from her practical desire to marry into an affluent family so that she could enjoy material wealth.

“Megan, you still have three scenes to shoot tonight, Liliana reminded her in a timely manner.

With a delighted expression on her face. Megan looked at her and sald. “Liliana, help me up. I’m going to talk to the director right now and see if we can change those three scenes to tomorrow night! No matter how important the filming is. It’s not as important as Simon’s proposal to me!”

“Alright, let’s go!”

As Erin watched the two of them walk to the door, Megan suddenly turned around and asked, “Miss Lane, why did you go to the west wing In the afternoon?”

Fortunately, Erin was prepared for this and put on a somewhat foolish smile. “Roman asked me to practice lines with him, but I get drowsy easily during summer. I went there to take a nap and laze around for a while. I was caught by Mr. Lowe, though! I hope you won’t tell Roman about me slacking off. I’ve only been an assistant trainee for a few days, and I want to leave a good impression on him.”

Seeing Erin smiling foolishly and showing an expression of guilt for slacking off, Megan’s eyes narrowed slightly as she looked at her doubtfully. However, no matter how she looked at Erin, it didn’t seem like she was lying.

She smiled faintly and said, “Miss Lane, based on my past experience, as long as you do your job well on set and avoid meddling in unnecessary matters, I believe Roman will keep you by his side.”

Erin expressed her gratitude. “Thank you for the reminder, Miss Zeigler.”

Before leaving, Megan gave Erin one last meaningful glance, while Erin waved her off with a naïve smile. She’d already guessed that Megan’s appearance meant that Percival had told Megan about seeing her in the west wing.

Now that Percival and Megan had become wary of her, she would need to be even more cautious and careful in her actions.

Thinking about Megan happily anticipating Simon’s proposal, Erin took out the ring box from her jean pocket. If it weren’t for the chiffon blouse covering the protruding box, Megan would have noticed it.

She stared at the ring box for a moment. She’d planned to call Simon and tell him about Megan’s situation, but then she thought better of it. It was better not to meddle in other people’s affairs.

Whether there was a proposal or not, it was a private matter between Simon and Megan.

Time passed quickly, and it was already 10 pm when Roman, Ken, and Erin returned to the hotel.

She didn’t tell Roman about what had happened in the afternoon, only that she accidentally lost her phone. She informed him that she would need a few hours off tomorrow to get a new phone.

Roman agreed. Initially, he wanted Ken to accompany her, but Erin declined, saying that she could handle such a small matter on her own. She didn’t want to trouble Ken too much. After all, Ken was Roman’s assistant, not hers.

Roman understood her concerns. If he always favored Erin, Ken would naturally feel dissatisfied that she was given preferential treatment. Moreover, with the rumors circulating within the crew these days, Roman decided to be more rational about things. He didn’t want the gossip and rumors to hurt Erin.

If he consistently gave Erin special treatment, others wouldn’t be able to see or acknowledge the efforts she made in her work. It would be unfair to her. Hence, Roman started to deliberately keep his distance from Erin.

After returning to the hotel room, Erin immediately used the room’s landline to call Cherry and Holly, informing them about her lost phone situation so that they wouldn’t have trouble finding her if they needed to.

She also called her father, Steven, to inform him of the matter.

Since Simon’s personal phone would need to be returned soon, she thought it was better not to tell anyone about it. Erin thought for a moment and realized she needed to tell one more person, and that was Louis, whom she’d just borrowed a huge sum of money from.

If she didn’t call him back, he might think she’d disappeared and wouldn’t repay him the money. She didn’t want to be seen as someone

with a bad or untrustworthy character.

But just as she was about to call him, Erin realized with distress that she didn’t have Louis‘ phone number. Apart from her remembering the numbers of her family members, her close friend Holly, and Chandler, she hadn’t bothered to remember anyone else’s number.

She blamed it on the modern human’s overt reliance on smartphones.

As soon as she thought of Chandler, sadness filled her heart. Her longing for him gushed out like the water from a faucet that had been turned on, with no way of turning it off.

As if in a trance, she removed the phone receiver from its holder. Looking at the numbers, a string of familiar numbers instantly appeared in her mind. Her fingers pressed the numbers almost subconsciously, one by one, until the call connected on the other end. She held her breath, afraid of making even the slightest sound.

After just a few seconds, Chandler’s deep and resonant voice came through the receiver. “Missed me?”